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Fines, Civil Fines, and Statistics around the BP Oil Spill

,  |  May 26, 2010

Just how much oil is spewing into the Gulf of Mexico daily? Who’s gonna foot the bill? What, exactly, will they be paying for, and how much? It seems like … Read more

NWF Scientist Visits Nesting Grounds Hit Hard By BP Oil Spill

,  |  May 26, 2010

Doug described seeing a brown pelican with its wings dirtied by heavy brown oil. The bird was preening in an attempt to clean itself off.
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“A Blowout Scenario is Not Required”

 |  May 26, 2010

By Larry J. Schweiger BP convinced the federal agency that oversees drilling safety, the Minerals Management Service (MMS), that a well blowout like what has now occurred at the Macondo … Read more

“Angered” NWF President Blasts Lax Drilling Oversight

 |  May 26, 2010

Federal regulators weren’t concerned about the risk of a catastrophic blowout & spill at the Deepwater Horizon site, according to a report in the New Orleans Times-Picayune: BP estimated that … Read more

Join Us for a Tele-Townhall — BP Oil Spill’s Impacts to Wildlife

 |  May 25, 2010

It’s easy to feel disheartened while viewing the coverage of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. NWF has been at the scene of the disaster, leading reporters to … Read more

Testimony Before Congress: Why the BP Oil Disaster is a Crime Scene

,  |  May 25, 2010

By Larry J. Schweiger I had the opportunity to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee last week on why the BP oil disaster is a … Read more

BP Still Stonewalling EPA on Dispersant Chemicals

 |  May 24, 2010

BP is still refusing to reveal exactly what’s in that dispersant. Like so many aspects of BP’s oil spill response, the redacted passages would be comical if the disaster wasn’t so serious.
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Why the BP Oil Spill is a Crime Scene

 |  May 21, 2010

By Larry J. Schweiger I had the opportunity to join Dylan Ratigan on MSNBC today to talk about the BP oil spill and why the spill is a crime scene. Read more

BP Cover-Up Begins to Unravel

 |  May 20, 2010

“In Washington, it’s been said that ‘it’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up’ – but in this case, it’s both the crime and the cover-up that are an outrage,” said NWF President & CEO Larry Schweiger. Read more

Forecast Florida: BP Oil Spill Now Being Tracked in Two Directions

 |  May 20, 2010

NOAA’s BP oil spill response page is now featuring not one but two BP oil spill maps. The first one highlights the projected devastation in Louisiana, where winds from the … Read more